Category: Christianity
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When God Nudges, Take Action
For the most part, I am not an extrovert. I’m not very good at talking to new people and frankly I’m usually fine living in my little bubbles and not having a ton of surface level friends. I prefer to have only a few deeper level friendships. I do get sad at times when I…
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Enzo Baptism
Enzo, it was an honor to baptize you. As your dad, I was concerned to baptize you before I felt like you truly understood what it meant to follow Jesus and what it meant to be baptized. You showed me through your words and actions that you believed that Jesus is the son of God…
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Bible Study Notes (Numbers)
Numbers 1-2 In Hebrew “Numbers” was actually called “In the Wilderness” We’ve been following this family for almost 2700 years God asks Moses to take a census Sometimes they would do this in prep for war (counting soldiers) Judah’s tribe is the largest of the twelve More than twice the size of any other tribe…
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Bible Study Notes (Leviticus)
Leviticus 1-4 Levites are descendants of Levi, one of the 12 tribes of Israel They are appointed to be priests in the tabernacle Priest = mediator between God and people 3 ways of being Unclean – people are in general unclean Clean – This book is about how to become clean Holy – God is…
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Bible Study Notes (Exodus)
The Exodus is one of the most controversial books in the Bible in my opinion. Many scholars and historians don’t believe it actually happened. So what does that mean for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? 3 major religions in the world believe in God facilitating this mass exodus out of Egypt when they were slaves. Reasons…
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Bible Study Notes (Job)
Job 1-5 Lots of similarities between Noah and Job Job 1:6 refers to angels as the sons of God, including satan. God initiates a conversation with Satan about Job Satan here means adversary, one who resists, accuser. Many believe that Satan does not refer to a single being but a general term. This could mean…
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Bible Study Notes (Genesis)
Our community group has started to read through the Bible in 1 year. I will be using this post to track things I find interesting. Genesis 1-3 Look for God in scripture, not myself Genesis is not always literal This is the book of the law Days could mean 10’s of thousands of years (Day-Age…
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Good Books
If you’re looking to relax and delve into a good book, here are my recommendations: Parenting Books Theology Adventure Biographies Historical
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Dad’s Spiritual Journey
Similar to your mom, I grew up catholic. My parents weren’t heavily involved with the church and I’m sure I didn’t make it easy on them to want to stay committed to it. At some point in my youth, my mom wanted to make a jump over to a Southern Baptist church where some of…
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God’s Ways Are Better Than Mine
It’s been about seven months since I’ve written a post on the blog and honestly, life has just gotten to a point that I thought I was done with it. But tonight as I read through my devotional, New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp, I felt that I needed to share what God was…